propylon

[ prop-uh-lon ]

noun

, plural prop·y·la [prop, -, uh, -l, uh].

1. propylaeum.

Word History and Origins

Origin of propylon¹

1825–35; < Greek propýlon, equivalent to pro- pro- ² + pýl ( ē ) gate + -on neuter singular noun ending

Example Sentences

The really ancient part of the structure begins with the rows of sphinxes which border the road behind the propylon.

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Champollion and some architects suppose that they stood before a propylon.

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The second type of propylon differs from the first in having a very much smaller doorway in comparison with its total mass.

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Judging from the scenes and inscriptions which accompany it, Champollion thought this represented a propylon at the Ramesseum.

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The train had halted before a vast propylon of rose-coloured granite.

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